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At times, issues of international or national importance do not fit under the Economics, Education, Indigenous and Foreign Affairs programs. The publications and commentary related to non-program issues can be found here, as well as work from past programs such as Health and Aging.

Tom Switzer - Executive Director Centre for Independent Studies
Note from Tom Switzer
Tom SwitzerApril 2, 2020Ideas@TheCentre

We’re only a few weeks into the coronavirus crisis, and already our intellectual opponents are...

The End of Pax Americana?
Doug Bandow, Tom SwitzerFebruary 26, 2020

For the past seventy or so years, the United States of America has been the...

Don’t waste trillions on BAD Climate Policy
Bjorn LomborgFebruary 24, 2020

Global warming is a problem that we should tackle… smartly. But climate change will not...

Australia’s Export Exposure to China’s Coronavirus Epidemic
Salvatore BabonesFebruary 18, 2020AP7

This paper estimates the direct and immediate effects of the coronavirus epidemic on the revenues...

Time to Drop Defense Guarantees to the Philippines
Doug BandowFebruary 16, 2020Spectator

Rodrigo Duterte, the ever-unpredictable president of the Philippines, has given official notice to terminate the...

Jacinta Price and Scott Morrison
Closing the gap requires us to reject separatism
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Simon CowanFebruary 15, 2020Canberra Times

This week the Prime Minister delivered the latest (not) Closing the Gapreport, which again shows...

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